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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;journeymagazine, post: 9433744, member: 84&quot;]I found these 2 pieces yesterday at my regular thrift store - the first one had a paper envelope attached to the back &amp; inside that was what looks like a description card for the piece from a Christie&#039;s auction!</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a print titled White Wing Silvery Gull (Plate CCLXXXII) </p><p>by Robert Havell after John James Audubon and the title of the auction appears to have been - Important American Furniture, Folk Art &amp; Prints.</p><p><br /></p><p>I googled it &amp; found the actual auction - it sold for $3,250! (<a href="https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5030777" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5030777" rel="nofollow">AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON BY ROBERT HAVELL (christies.com</a> ) - there was another link that showed one sold at Christie&#039;s for $1,000? (<a href="https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5648219" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5648219" rel="nofollow">AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON BY ROBERT HAVELL (christies.com</a> )</p><p>Either way I am coming out way ahead if true.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is this piece one of the ones that sold at Christies?? </p><p><br /></p><p>The 2nd piece I found was a original 1955 painting on board by Haitian artist Andre Saturne.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope you like these! </p><p>(and this may be the first time I didn&#039;t need help figuring out who the artist was on a piece of art I&#039;ve found at a thrift store!)</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for all the help, all the time!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]436407[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]436408[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]436409[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]436411[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]436412[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]436413[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]436414[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]436415[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>BELOW IS A PAINTING BY WELL LISTED HAITIAN ARTIST ANDRE SATURNE - ONE OF THE EARLIEST ONE OF HIS I&#039;VE FOUND &amp; HAVEN&#039;T SEEN ANOTHER ONE OF JUST FRUIT! </p><p>(I thought it was worth showing you guys - it was a good day to be a picker!)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]436416[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]436417[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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